BAY AREA TRANSIT TO RAZE HOMES IN AIRPORT EXPANSION ZONE.Byline: Associated Press Bay Area Rapid Transit “BART” redirects here. For other uses of "BART" or "Bart", see Bart. The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) is a heavy rail public rapid-transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area. must relocate 800 homes and 14 businesses to complete its extension to San Francisco International Airport “SFO” redirects here. For other uses, see SFO (disambiguation). For the television series, see . , BART officials said. The extension also will cut through five cemeteries in Colma, as well as a garter snake and red-legged frog habitat before the project is completed in 2000. However, officials said no graves will be disturbed by the 8.2-mile, $1.2 billion extension. In South San Francisco South San Francisco, city (1990 pop. 54,312), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1908. South San Francisco has several industrial parks; its manufactures include medical supplies and equipment, foods, paint, paper products, consumer goods, and clothing. , the project will bump two homes and four businesses. In San Bruno, two businesses will be razed raze also rase tr.v. razed also rased, raz·ing also ras·ing, raz·es also ras·es 1. To level to the ground; demolish. See Synonyms at ruin. 2. To scrape or shave off. 3. and one street, Huntington Avenue, will be moved about 50 feet. Near the airport, the tracks will pass through a wetlands inhabited by an endangered species, the San Francisco garter snake The San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) is a slender multi-colored colubrid snake. Designated as an endangered species since the year 1967,[1] , and a threatened species, the red-legged frog. BART officials insist they will relocate everyone, including as many snakes as possible. The expansion will most affect the residents of Millbrae Gardens, a low-income apartment complex, which will be demolished. Residents there will be moved at BART expense. ``BART will relocate the residents to equal or better housing,'' BART spokesman Dave Madden said Wednesday. |
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